Being an old-timer, I just see this as the next “Beanie Babies”.

Can we stop using direct Twitter (or is it “X” now?) links, as most of us have given up on the platform and can’t even see what you’re sharing.

Yeah and I’ve been feeling ready to cancel D+ anyways. Just kind of had my general fill of Marvel and Star Wars

Or they could....like...pay the writers and actors?

I’ve read rumblings that Apple and Amazon may side step the AMPTP and make separate deals with the unions which would be fantastic for their services. Then they could get back to work feeding a hungry viewership with little competition, while the rest of the AMPTP fumbles about.

Im considering cancelling some subscriptions already if no new material is available.

So glad they got rid of the masking protocols... oh wait, my younger sister who wore a mask the whole time to try and stay safe came home with (you guessed it), COVID! So some of those fan “winners” are getting their own unexpected surprise gift.

So have they always used this “activation” term? I feel like it’s the first time I’ve heard of it (though have never been to SDCC, but read about it every year), and am I wrong that they are just events, or pop-ups, or god forbid, attractions?

Funko is a full-on bubble at this point.

Calling Funko a “soulless” “loser” where the “excitement was just gone,” despite having “the most sought-after exclusives” and “huge crowds” which “made browsing the booths near impossible” makes it sound less like Funko had a problem, and more like you, the author, had a problem with Funko.

Wait, the Twisted Metal game had a ‘storyline’?

Is there anyone, anywhere, that is actually predicting Blue Beetle will be a box office success? Based on how Shazam: Fury of the Gods and The Flash flopped, I can’t imagine a film about a lesser known character (except to Young Justice fans) will manage to move the needle.

Well, you know there’s some executive sitting around going, “It’s just like how Furiosa was the main character in Fury Road...everyone love it! Now where’s my 9-iron....

No no you are correct. They are talking out of their ass and scrambling because Cavill told them to fuck themselves and the whole of fandom said, “so this ends at season three. Got it.”

“....because this is how it was done in the books”

I think that would make sense for it to be shorter. What I don’t like is when they pad it out with indie horror movies that I am never going to watch or hear of ever again.

The catch is that it’s really a peninsula

“We can’t make movies without actors.  We can’t even market movies without actors.  But we don’t want to pay the actors.  And don’t even get me started on writers.”

I love Strange New Worlds but I’m still mildly annoyed by some of the choices they made at the beginning. Introducing Kirk is the biggest one because there’s been no good reason to do it for the most part - the exception being “A Quality of Mercy,” which was a case where it felt organic and made sense. Otherwise, it…

A stag film? How quaint